Table 3 Ecological Risk (Er), Risk Index (RI) and Pollution Load Index (PLI) in the sediment of freshwater and marine environments
Site | Location | Er | RI | PLI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ni | Co | Cr | ||||
Mediterranean Sea Water | 1 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 1.8 | 18.2 | 0.9 |
2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
3 | 1.9 | 16.1 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 1.1 | |
4 | 2.4 | 17.9 | 2.1 | 22.4 | 1.2 | |
River Nile Water | 5 | 2.1 | 20.2 | 0.03 | 22.4 | 0.3 |
6 | 3.0 | 18 | 0.04 | 21.1 | 0.3 | |
7 | 2.5 | 10.4 | 0.06 | 13.0 | 0.3 | |
8 | 1.2 | 10.2 | 0.01 | 11.4 | 0.2 | |
9 | 3.3 | 21.3 | 0.04 | 24.6 | 0.4 | |
10 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.06 | 5.1 | 0.2 | |
11 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 0.05 | 5.9 | 0.2 | |
12 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 0.04 | 12.6 | 0.3 | |
13 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 0.05 | 5.3 | 0.2 | |
14 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.06 | |